" A Buddhist community—a sangha—is not something one is merely born into or chooses to join but something one is challenged to create. A sangha provides a matrix of communal support for people to realize their commitment to a common vision or concerṇ Yet it is always in danger of deteriorating into an institution intent on preserving the power of a minority of professionals. "

― Stephen Batchelor , Secular Buddhism: Imagining the Dharma in an Uncertain World